even saturday night news was dire
― the klosterman weekend (s.clover), Sunday, 18 December 2016 23:17 (seven years ago) link
Some informed speculation on the missing footage here
http://screenrant.com/star-wars-rogue-one-reshoots-changes/
― Number None, Monday, 19 December 2016 00:08 (seven years ago) link
Oops, wrong thread
― Number None, Monday, 19 December 2016 00:09 (seven years ago) link
I lol'd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSvNhxKJJyU
― DJI, Monday, 19 December 2016 06:26 (seven years ago) link
okay that was good. this Southie stereotype has been so overplayed.
― rip van wanko, Monday, 19 December 2016 06:48 (seven years ago) link
this past week's was pretty awful except for the open and the bachelor skit.
― akm, Wednesday, 18 January 2017 18:47 (seven years ago) link
just godawful and finally the straw that broke the camels back for me and I'm not going to bother watching anymore.
always a bit awful when they have an actor hosting and they are shit in sketches too.
― Islamic State of Mind (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 18 January 2017 18:48 (seven years ago) link
the whole thing was awful, especially the cold open
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 18 January 2017 18:51 (seven years ago) link
she was awful, her monologue was terrible. and I really like her (felicity jones). I thought this season was pretty good to great until this point so I'm not going to stop watching over this
― akm, Wednesday, 18 January 2017 19:04 (seven years ago) link
I thought the movie skit was hilarious
― (The caption: “fine dining.”) (DJP), Wednesday, 18 January 2017 19:09 (seven years ago) link
I also liked the theatre skit
The dirty joke skit at the end would have been better had I not already known those jokes
oh right, the theater skit was funny. I seem to have missed the movie skit? what was that?
― akm, Wednesday, 18 January 2017 19:16 (seven years ago) link
oh right the horny robot thing. no.
Someone on the writing staff really thinks robots and sex are hilarious together.
― szyslakial moescreancy (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 19 January 2017 01:02 (seven years ago) link
the laughter in the trump sketch seemed muted, like the audience was distracted by the fact that this is really happening
― Autumn Almanac, Thursday, 19 January 2017 01:32 (seven years ago) link
that's not a criticism btw, this one thing is too terrifying to contemplate even in jest
― Autumn Almanac, Thursday, 19 January 2017 01:33 (seven years ago) link
Oh shit, Villasenor finally features in a sketch.
― szyslakial moescreancy (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 22 January 2017 08:35 (seven years ago) link
Oh shit, cringe-inducing cover of "To Sir With Love" in... tribute? to Obama's presidency. What the fuuuuuck why do they think this is a good idea.
― szyslakial moescreancy (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 22 January 2017 09:02 (seven years ago) link
maybe i am drunk and having a bad night but um i am really liking this episode
― why ruin a good tradition? (Will M.), Sunday, 22 January 2017 09:26 (seven years ago) link
It wasn't bad but then again I need some LAFFS and last week's ep was kinda dire
― szyslakial moescreancy (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 22 January 2017 10:01 (seven years ago) link
That ending was horrible, but could have been better if Cecily had had any kind of voice left. Possible explanation: Her voice was hurt because she has been marching in the cold? That happened to me, but the people at my church were very understanding this morning.
― Frederik B, Sunday, 22 January 2017 13:06 (seven years ago) link
My admiration for Obama aside, the ending would have normally made me cringe except, a) To Sir with Love is literally one of my 20 favourite films (had it #16 on a countdown once), and b) I enjoyed the thought of Trump sitting in front of the TV glowering, ready to pass an executive order making...weepy tributes to Barack Obama illegal.
― clemenza, Sunday, 22 January 2017 13:15 (seven years ago) link
Update was strong, loved Che's recurring Michelle Obama bit, and Leslie Jones killed. But the "friend zone" thing was incredibly stupid and annoying and hacky and pointless, and how did that even make it past the pitch stage, let alone get on the air?
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 22 January 2017 17:22 (seven years ago) link
I liked most of Aziz Ansari's monologue
― curmudgeon, Monday, 23 January 2017 17:52 (seven years ago) link
i liked the Dirty Talk sketch. "What's up, you freakin' alcoholic?"
― circa1916, Monday, 23 January 2017 17:59 (seven years ago) link
Aziz is a good host & this ep was p decent, tho its hard for me to imagine how the beat the bkworm game show sketch got slotted so early
― johnny crunch, Monday, 23 January 2017 18:33 (seven years ago) link
Friendzone was great. About 5 years too late (at least), but whatever.
― rip van wanko, Monday, 23 January 2017 18:45 (seven years ago) link
hard for me to imagine how the beat the bkworm game show sketch got slotted so early
imo asiz was selling this and was funny and i thought it was gonna be maybe good? and then it just ended :[
― szyslakial moescreancy (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, January 22, 2017 1:35 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
was that her real voice? she sounds kinda loopy
― sleepingbag, Monday, 23 January 2017 18:51 (seven years ago) link
yeah she sounds like that
― akm, Monday, 23 January 2017 19:04 (seven years ago) link
Worked well for that sketch
― szyslakial moescreancy (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 23 January 2017 19:13 (seven years ago) link
Yikes, this is fucking stupid. She should not be suspended for this (funny) tweet
http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/23/media/saturday-night-live-writer-suspended-barron-trump-tweet/index.html
― akm, Monday, 23 January 2017 23:49 (seven years ago) link
they should all be fired and the show cancelled imo
― Οὖτις, Monday, 23 January 2017 23:54 (seven years ago) link
it is cheap to produce, draws a decent audience in a dead time slot, and makes money. the show will live forever, like Today or Tonight.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Monday, 23 January 2017 23:55 (seven years ago) link
I thought her tweet was really funny and clever. Should have saved it for stand-up, I guess.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 12:31 (seven years ago) link
(xpost) The other thing is, maybe it's enough that they come up with one memorable bit every few years that gets lots of attention and outlasts the rest of the show. I only watch intermittently, but Tina Fey's Palin was worth whatever mediocrity surrounded it. Baldwin's Trump isn't quite as good, but it'll last too, I'd say. There are other examples, I'm sure, for people who watch more regularly.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 12:43 (seven years ago) link
@DennisThePerrin
A comedy writer getting fired for a joke blows, but what happened to Katie Rich has nothing to do with Trump, who doesn't own NBC.
It's about corporate structure and the rigidity that's enforced. No matter how funny you are, working in corporate comedy makes you a cog.
You're there to serve its needs. This is especially true with SNL. Image trumps content; if content sullies the image, it'll be flushed. Social media has made this more acute.
Katie Rich is not a victim of censorship; she's on the receiving end of business as usual. I wish her well, and suspect she'll do fine.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 24 January 2017 17:34 (seven years ago) link
Whoa, whoa, slow down, a rational opinion on the internet?
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 17:35 (seven years ago) link
heads must be shaken at it
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Tuesday, 24 January 2017 18:16 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, no, I don't buy it, Perrin. How many previous SNL writers have been suspended for edgy tweets? This has everything to do with Trump.
Considering the direction their flag is flying, kinda starting to think an NBC boycott might be in order.
― Transformed From The Norm By The Nuclear Goop (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 24 January 2017 18:43 (seven years ago) link
Even Jenny Slate hung in for an entire season after dropping an f-bomb on her first televised appearance.
― Transformed From The Norm By The Nuclear Goop (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 24 January 2017 18:44 (seven years ago) link
seeing as how this was the only show on NBC I regularly watched I guess yeah I am boycotting NBC
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 19:08 (seven years ago) link
i'm ok with a robust taboo around picking on politicians' children (like actual kids, not the adult ratfaces)
― goole, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 21:21 (seven years ago) link
and yeah the joke was less about the boy than about the way his parents will raise him. but once you're in "actually" mode, you're done
― goole, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 21:22 (seven years ago) link
The recurring Steve Bannon bit is awful--can't see it surviving more than a few episodes. Even Baldwin seemed lost.
― clemenza, Sunday, 5 February 2017 04:54 (seven years ago) link
Barron should be left alone.
I like kristen stewart.
― Treeship, Sunday, 5 February 2017 04:56 (seven years ago) link
The steve bannon skeleton is funny
― Treeship, Sunday, 5 February 2017 04:58 (seven years ago) link
Idk
― Treeship, Sunday, 5 February 2017 04:59 (seven years ago) link
Y'all still watching this show?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h62m4d4MmA
http://i.imgur.com/RFZgiCS.png
― pplains, Sunday, 5 February 2017 05:11 (seven years ago) link
Surprise Melissa Mcarthy as spicer was great.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 5 February 2017 05:14 (seven years ago) link
Yeah that was an incredible skit
― Treeship, Sunday, 5 February 2017 05:16 (seven years ago) link